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Evan Morikawa
June 24, 2016
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The Age of the Javascript-Powered Desktop. Dinosaur JS June 24, 2016
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The Age of the Javascript-Powered Desktop Evan Morikawa | @e0m
|
[email protected]
Dino JS | June 24, 2016
The Precambrian Eon 1.3 billion seconds ago
The Precambrian Eon C | C++ Swing | Qt |
Cocoa | GTK | WPF/WinRT | … 1.3 billion seconds ago
The Paleozoic Era 145 million seconds ago
The Paleozoic Era NW.js (Node Webkit) 145 million seconds ago
The Mesozoic Era 52 million seconds ago
The Mesozoic Era Shell hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/nylas.com/code-challenge 52 million seconds ago
The Cenozoic Era 36 million seconds ago
The Cenozoic Era 36 million seconds ago
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Chromium
Chromium Browser aka Backend aka Main Process
Chromium Browser aka Backend aka Main Process C++
Chromium Browser aka Backend aka Main Process C++ Renderer Renderer
Renderer HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM)
Chromium Browser aka Backend aka Main Process C++ Renderer Renderer
Renderer HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) ipc
Browser aka Backend aka Main Process Renderer Renderer Renderer HTML
/ JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) ipc
Node Event Loop libuv Node & Chromium Mashup
Chromium Events MessageLoop Chromium Node & Chromium Mashup
Chromium Events MessageLoop Chromium Node Event Loop libuv ? Node
& Chromium Mashup
Chromium Events libuv Chromium Node & Chromium Mashup
Chromium Events MessageLoop Chromium Node Event Loop libuv Node &
Chromium Mashup
Node Event Loop libuv Chromium Events MessageLoop Chromium IO poll
Node & Chromium Mashup
Browser aka Backend aka Main Process Renderer Renderer Renderer HTML
/ JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) ipc
Nylas N1
Nylas N1 main.js
Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()
Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()
Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()
index.html index.js
Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()
index.html index.js React.render()
Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()
index.html index.js React.render()
Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()
index.html index.js React.render() Composer Work Window
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The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility
The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility
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The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail
The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail
Native Electron Extensions npm install sqlite3 electron/electron-rebuild
electron/electron-rebuild Native Electron Extensions
electron/electron-rebuild node-gyp install --target=${electronVersion} --arch=x64 --dist-url=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell Native Electron Extensions
electron/electron-rebuild node-gyp install --target=${electronVersion} --arch=x64 --dist-url=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell npm rebuild --target=${electronVersion} --arch=x64
--runtime=electron Native Electron Extensions
nodejs/node-gyp Native Electron Extensions
nodejs/node-gyp gyp (Generate Your Projects) make, gcc, XCode, Visual
Studio Native Electron Extensions
The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows
The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows
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The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows
The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows
ReactiveX.js
const q = `SELECT * FROM threads WHERE dinosaur…` Rx.Observable.fromQuery(q).subscribe((threads)
=> { this.setState({threads}) })
const q = `SELECT * FROM threads WHERE dinosaur…` Rx.Observable.fromQuery(q)
.filter(myFn).subscribe((threads) => { this.setState({threads}) })
const q = `SELECT * FROM threads WHERE dinosaur…` Rx.Observable.fromQuery(q)
.filter(myFn) .map(mapFn).subscribe((threads) => { this.setState({threads}) })
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SELECT * FROM threads WHERE account_id=123 SELECT * FROM messages
WHERE thread_id=987
SELECT * FROM threads WHERE account_id=123 SELECT * FROM messages
WHERE thread_id=987
The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows SQL | Observables | Tasks
The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows SQL | Observables | Tasks
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https://github.com/nylas/n1 Open Source
The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows SQL | Observables | Tasks Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail
The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.
Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows SQL | Observables | Tasks Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail
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N1 Core Team https://nylas.com/team @e0m @bengotow @juanstejada Halla Moore @jackiehluo
Drew Regitsky
Evan Morikawa | @e0m |
[email protected]
| June 2016 Thank
you! Slides here